Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Breeding Techniques

Inbreeding, Line Breeding, and Out Crossing are breeding techniques that are used with any breed of dog and these techniques are not just for Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. Before breeding both the male and female dog should be health tested for the recommended tests for their breed and should be at the minimum age recommended for health testing and breeding before the breeding takes place. Knowledge of ancestry health should also be considered along with structural qualities of both the male and female and if possible the structural qualities of the ancestry within the first three generations of the pedigree.

When breeders follow a strict code-of-ethics and fully health test their breeding stock as recommended by their breed they will face the unexpected dog that is clinically healthy with a perfectly normal appearance, but recessive health genes can also be found through testing that will result in a dog not being the best candidate for furthering the breed. Breeders put a lot of time and emotional attachment into their produced lines so it is always important to remember those breeders before you and hold true with your breeding practices as they did with theirs in order for improvement in the breed to occur.